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California’s lieutenant governor on Wednesday sent a letter calling for the secretary of state to explore options for taking former President Donald Trump’s name off California’s 2024 presidential primary ballot. Lt. Gov. Eleni Kounalakis’ letter to Secretary of State Shirley Weber comes after the Colorado Supreme Court ruled this week that Trump’s role in the Jan. 6, 2021, riots at the Capitol disqualified him from standing for the presidential election as part of the 14th Amendment’s ban on insurrectionists. Section 13 of the 14th Amendment says that insurrectionists can’t serve as senators, representatives, presidential electors, “or hold any office, civil...

California Lt. Governor Eleni Kounalakis calls on the Secretary Of State to begin exploring ways to remove Trump from the 2024 state ballot.

After the United States Supreme Court officially overturned Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey on Friday, California Lt. Gov. Eleni Kounalakis appeared on MSNBC to discuss the ruling. She touted California's plans to become an abortion sanctuary for out-of-state travelers seeking abortions, and also took aim at Justice Clarence Thomas, comparing him to an individual from a country with restrictive laws governing women's behavior. "Sadly I think that this decision is delegitimizing the Supreme Court," she said. "Who is Clarence Thomas? Is he my Saudi Arabian father who's going to tell me what I can and cannot do...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — U.S. governors want a seat at the table as international leaders prepare to gather in Scotland at a critical moment for global efforts to reduce fossil fuel emissions and slow the planet’s temperature rise. At least a half dozen state governors — all Democrats — plan to attend parts of the two-week United Nation’s climate change conference in Glasgow, known as COP26. Though states aren’t official parties to talks, governors hold significant sway over the United States’ approach to tackling climate change by setting targets for reducing carbon emissions and transitioning to renewable energy. Governors slated...